MTA OKs plan for agencies to pay for employees’ tolls

Thursday

Sep 25, 2008 at 2:00 AM

NEW YORK — New York’s transportation authority has approved a plan to bill government agencies for police, firefighters and other public employees who cross bridges and tunnels. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority expects the measure to raise $10 million a year. The MTA board approved it by a 7-6 vote on Wednesday. The plan will go into effect in six weeks and affects dozens of agencies including the NYPD, New York State Police, and Nassau and Suffolk county police. The agencies will be charged when their employees use E-ZPasses to cross the MTA’s five bridges and two tunnels. The Associated Press